Technical Program Manager

Dorel Industries Inc.

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Foxboro, MA

Industry: Retail & Consumer Goods

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Less than 5 years

Posted 49 days ago

About us

Dorel Juvenile, a segment of Dorel Industries, Inc. (TSX:DII.B, DII.A) is a world class juvenile products company. Dorel Juvenile’s powerfully branded products include global juvenile brands Safety 1st, Quinny, Maxi-Cosi and Tiny Love, complemented by regional brands such as Cosco, Bébé Confort and Infanti. Dorel Industries Inc. has annual sales of US$2.6 billion and employs approximately 10,000 people infacilities located in twenty-five countries worldwide. We are continuously extending our leading market position and believe team spirit, personal drive, and accountability can make a real difference in achieving the sustainable growth essential to our future. We research, design, develop, and test our products in-house, giving employees opportunities to gain inter-departmentalexperience. Our aim is to introduce and grow talent at all levels of our organization. Our global organization and ourinternational supplier and customer base, allow employees to collaborate with juvenile colleagues and partners from all over the world. Working at Dorel Juvenile means having a real impact on people’s lives. Come join our team…together we care about the precious lives of children.

Your mission

You will beresponsible for leading the successful delivery of the right product that drives our strategic direction and goals in the IoT businesscategory. As a member of our Global PMO you will be part of the unifying force that makes an impact at the Program, Portfolio and Process levels.

Key responsibilities

Cross functional leadership is the backbone of what we do and is global in scope. As the cross functional leader of your program team you will drive accountability and enroll the team in the commitment to meet our business objectives. You are the champion of our unique process and ensure the proper execution of our development tools. You willpartner with our product marketing teams to understand our strategic intent and lead the tactical execution to maintain business scope as we evolve our growing presence globally in connected consumer products. UtilizingRisk Management you equip your team for known issues with potential parallel paths to allow them to address unknownrisks in a way that does not impact our time to market and are able to communicate this effectively to senior/executive leadership.

Your profile

You are not risk adverse. You embrace it. You strive for excellence and are a motivated self-directed individual who has a passion for what you do. You lead others towards accountability and embrace an environment that's cutting edge and changing all in the name of improvement. You have an entrepreneurial mindset, with a bias for customer-focused innovation and love to challenge and be challenged in how we think about and execute our development process. You have a pragmatic approach to the design and application of process. Appreciate innovation in tools, techniques and process as much as you do in products. Motivated to learn and teach others. Must have at least three years experience with hardware, firmware, and software suppliers in a program/project management role, managing projects from conceptualization through delivery, on time and on budget in a connected environment. Two or more years in consumer products manufacturing as a PM or in a product development related field preferred. Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Project Management, Marketing or Industrial Design. Experience working with domestic and global (Europe and Asia) manufacturing. Experience working with globally distributed project teams.